Welcome to Diabetes UK's 13th 'Diabetes in Pregnancy Conference' taking place virtually on Tuesday 12 November 2024.
Registration is now open.
Registration fee – including VAT is £30.
Accredited by the Royal College of Physicians.
Programme
Diabetes In Pregnancy Conference Programme 2024
10.30am Welcome and introductions
Pete Shorrick, Head of Midlands and East of England, Diabetes UK
10.35am Spotlight on womens health from a diabetes perspective T1 and T2D pregnancy priorities, NDA dashboards, GDM audit
Claire Hambling, National Clinical Director for Diabetes & Obesity, NHS England
11.05am Clinical trials in GDM evidence update
Lessons from DIGEST
Dr Claire Meek, University of Cambridge, Dept of Clinical Biochemistry
Lessons from Bump2Baby
Sharleen O’ Reilly, Dietitian, University College, Dublin/Christy Burden, Associate Professor in Obstetrics, Bristol Medical School
Q&A Panel discussion
11.45am Break – Virtual networking including viewing of abstract submissions
12.00pm Diagnosis of GDM past, present and future
Time to revisit HbA1c
Professor, Ponnusamy Saravanan, Warwick Medical School
CGM is the future - Lessons from GLAM and MAGIC
Eleanor Scott, Professor of Diabetes and Maternal Health at the School of Medicine, University of Leeds
Harnessing large datasets (HDR UK)
Professor Rebecca Reynolds, University of Edinburgh
Q&A Panel discussion
12.50pm Abstracts
Dr Robert Lindsay, Endocrinology, University of Glasgow – Chair
1.20pm Diabetes Prevention following GDM pregnancy
How effective is the National Diabetes Prevention Programme
Emma Barron, Senior Analytical Manager, Imperial College London, Gestational Diabetes and the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, NHS England
Pharmacotherapy for prevention of T2D
Professor Barbara McGowan, Kings College, London/Professor John Wilding, Diabetes & Endocrinology, University of Liverpool
Is there still a role for Bariatric surgery
Professor Alexander Miras, University of Ulster
Q&A Panel discussion
2.15pm Break – Virtual networking including viewing of abstract submissions
2.45pm Hybrid Closed-Loop (HCL) in T1D pregnancy:
Why CamAPS FX is recommended during T1D pregnancy: Overview of evidence from randomised trials and real-world studies
Professor Helen Murphy, University of East Anglia, Honorary Consultant Physician, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Lived experience
Nina Willer
Practical tips and tricks for use of CamAPS FX during pregnancy, labour and birth
Dr Tara Lee, Clinical Research Fellow, University of East Anglia, Speciality Registrar (O&G), Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust
HCL Benefits and barriers: Practicalities of starting HCL in Pregnancy
Eleanor Scott, Professor of Diabetes and Maternal Health at the School of Medicine, University of Leeds Molly Joseph (DSN), Jess Galloway (DSN)
Getting your antenatal team started - NHSE perspective
Partha Kar, Consultant, Portsmouth Hospitals, NHS Trust / Karen Kennedy, Deputy Director, NHS Diabetes Programme, NHSE
Q&A Panel discussion
3.55pm Closing comments
4.00pm Close
Call for abstracts
Abstract submissions are invited in the area of:
clinical case presentations
innovative practice
audit
research.
Abstracts from the above healthcare disciplines are invited, and should contain no more than a maximum of 250 words. This should include names of authors with presenting author underlined, the institution where the work was undertaken and a contact. Three abstracts will be selected for oral presentation and will be judged by an expert panel, with three prizes awarded respectively for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Please indicate if poster presentation is preferred.
Please submit all abstracts to Gursharan.Kaur@diabetes.org.uk.
Closing date is Monday, 14 October 2024.
Diabetes in pregnancy - committee
Peter Shorrick Diabetes in Pregnancy Organising Committee Chair and Host, Head of Midlands and East of England, Diabetes UK
Gursharan Kaur Diabetes UK
Professor Ponnusamy Saravanan University of Warwick
Professor Helen Murphy Norwich and Norfolk University Hospital
Professor Eleanor Scott University of Leeds
Dr Robert Lindsay University of Glasgow
Professor Jenny Myers University of Manchester
Diabetes in Pregnancy Conference - Tuesday, 12 November 2024
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